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Title: | Impact of overcrowding on paediatric health problems in Chandigarh, India |
Authors: | Mettananda, D.S.G. Mettananda, K.C.D. Thakur, J.S. Kumar, R. |
Keywords: | paediatric health |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
Publisher: | Sri Lanka Medical Association |
Citation: | The Ceylon Medical Journal. 2008; 53(Supplement 1):23 |
Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between overcrowding and acute respiratory infections (ART) and diarrhoea in children. DESIGN, SETTING AND METHODS: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted at the Urban Health Training Centre, Indira Colony, and Chandigarh, India in December 2004. All children under the age of 2 years attending the immunization clinic were recruited into the study. An interviewer schedule was used to collect data. Overcrowding, ARI and diarrhoea were defined using standard WHO definitions. RESULTS: Sixty children were recruited into the study. Mean age was 5.95 months. Thirty-three (55%) were boys. Forty-eight (80%) children belonged to the lowest social class. Thirty-five (58.3%) houses had only a single room and 39 (65%) households were overcrowded. Twenty-one (35%) children were exposed to passive smoking. Incidences of ARI and diarrhea during the past one month were 61.7% and 35% respectively. Children from overcrowded houses had significantly higher incidence of ARI compared to children from non-overcrowded houses (x2=4.5, p<0.05) but there was no such relationship with the incidence of diarrhoea (x2==1.3, p>0.05). There was no significant association between the incidence of ARI and passive smoking (x2= 1.239, p>0.05). CONCLUSION: Sixty-five percent of households in Indira Colony, Chandigarh are overcrowded. The study identified a significant association between overcrowding and the incidence of ARI but not with the incidence of diarrhoea. |
Description: | Oral Presentation Abstract (OP18), 121st Annual Scientific Sessions, Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2008 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10013 |
ISSN: | 0009-0875 (Print) |
Appears in Collections: | Conference Papers |
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